Senior Project Manager

Capstone Recruitment UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Capstone is seeking a Senior Project Manager for its London development team to deliver complex hotel and PBSA refurbishment and conversion projects from pre‑construction through to completion and handover.

Reporting to a Project Director, you will lead feasibility, design, procurement and construction, manage programmes and budgets, and coordinate architects, engineers and cost consultants across multiple live projects.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering hotel or PBSA refurbishment/conversion projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through feasibility, design, procurement, construction and handover.
• Manage project programmes, budgets, cashflow and cost risk.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, cost consultants and wider project teams.
• Lead procurement strategy and contractor appointments.
• Manage JCT/NEC contracts, change control and contractor performance.
• Deliver projects within live or partially occupied environments.
• Work closely with operators, asset managers and senior stakeholders.
• Manage multiple project workstreams concurrently.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Procurement

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Team coordination

Job description

Capstone is working with a privately owned, fully integrated real estate investment, development and operating business to appoint a Senior Project Manager to its London development team.

The business has a growing portfolio across the hotel and Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sectors, with an in‑house platform covering the full property lifecycle from acquisition and planning through development, operations and asset management.

Reporting to a Project Director, the Senior Project Manager will take responsibility for the delivery of complex hotel and PBSA refurbishment and conversion projects from pre‑construction through to completion and handover.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading projects through feasibility, design, procurement, construction and handover
• Managing project programmes, budgets, cashflow and cost risk
• Coordinating architects, engineers, cost consultants and wider project teams
• Leading procurement strategy and contractor appointments
• Managing JCT/NEC contracts, change control and contractor performance
• Delivering projects within live or partially occupied environments
• Working closely with operators, asset managers and senior stakeholders
• Managing multiple project workstreams concurrently

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong track record delivering hotel or PBSA refurbishment/conversion projects. Experience of existing buildings, services upgrades, live environments and phased handovers will be particularly relevant.

Candidates could currently be working client‑side, within a consultancy or for a main contractor and now be looking to join an established developer/investor with direct responsibility for project delivery.